Advances in Andean Archaeology / / ed. by David L. Browman.

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• MitwirkendeR: BONAVÍA, DUCCIO,; BROWMAN, DAVID L.,; CHARLÍN, JORGE IRIBARREN,; COHEN, MARK N.,; CRUXENT, JOSÉ M.,; DENEVAN, WILLIAM M.,; ENGEL, FRÉDÉRIC,; GROLLIG, FRANCIS X. S.J.,; HEISER, CHARLES B. JR.,; JOHNSON, L. LEWIS,; MARWITT, JOHN P.,; MENDIETA, RAMIRO MATOS,; MOREY, ROBERT V. JR.,; MYERS, THOMAS P.,; MÁLAGA, ELOY LINARES,; PALLESTRINI, L.,; PERROTTA, ELENA,; PICKERSGILL, BARBARA,; PODESTÁ, CLARA,; PÉREZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO,; RANERE, ANTHONY J.,; REGUEIRO, VICTOR A. NÚÑEZ,; SANOJA, MARIO,; TARRAGÓ, MYRIAM N.,; VARGAS, IRAIDA,; VAZ, J. EDUARDO,; WILHELM, Ο. E.,; WING, ELIZABETH S.,; ZUCCHI, ALBERTA,
• HerausgeberIn: Browman, David L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (580 p.) :; 10 maps. 22 plates

Table of Contents

I-XVI -- PART ONE: Analogy and Cultural Reconstruction of Lithic Industries -- Introduction -- The Aguas Verdes Industry of Northern Chile -- Toolmaking and Tool Use Among the Preceramic Peoples of Panama -- PART TWO: Origins of Plant and Animal Domestication -- Introduction -- Population Pressure and the Origins of Agriculture: An Archaeological Example from the Coast of Peru -- Origins and Distribution of Plants Domesticated in the New World Tropics -- Animal Domestication in the Andes -- The Pre-Columbian Araucanian Chicken (Gallus inauris) of the Mapuche Indians -- PART THREE: Cultural Development in the Northern Andes -- Introduction -- Formative-Period Interaction Spheres in the Intermediate Area: Archaeology of Central America and Adjacent South America -- Ridged-Field Excavations in the Central Orinoco Llanos, Venezuela -- Ecology, Economy, and Warfare in Lowland South America -- The Formative Cultures of the Venezuela Oriente -- Majolica Pottery: Determination of Its Provenience Using Thermoluminescence -- Interpretation of Buried Structures: Coastal Sites of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil -- PART FOUR: Economic and Urban Development in the Central Andes -- Introduction -- The Cultural and Ecological Context of the Mantaro Valley During the Formative Period -- Toward the Development of the Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) State -- Cerro Sechin: Medical Anthropology's Inauguration in Peru ? -- Prehistory and Petroglyphs in Southern Peru -- Ecological Factors Affecting the Urban Transformation in the Last Centuries of the Pre-Columbian Era -- Toward a Typology of Architecture and Urbanism in the Pre-Columbian Andes -- Manifestations of Inca Culture in Two Provinces of Chile -- PART FIVE: Paleoecological Studies in Argentina -- Introduction -- Considerations on the Periodizations of Northwest Argentina -- Paleoecology of the Calchaquí Valley, Salta Province, Argentina -- Concerning the Archaeology of the Humahuaca Quebrada -- Contribution to the San Jose and Santa Maria Cultures, Northwest Argentina -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects